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Civilian Labor Force in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA) (LAUMT114790000000006A)

Observations

2025: 3,517,623
Updated: May 19, 2026 2:53 PM CDT
2025:  3,517,623  
2024:  3,535,131  
2023:  3,507,105  
2022:  3,445,335  
2021:  3,389,934  

Units:

Persons,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

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Title Release Dates
Civilian Labor Force in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA) 2019-08-28 2026-05-19
 
Source    
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019-08-28 2026-05-19
 
Release    
Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment 2019-08-28 2026-05-19
 
Units    
Persons 2019-08-28 2026-05-19
 
Frequency    
Annual 2019-08-28 2026-05-19
 
Seasonal Adjustment    
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2019-08-28 2026-05-19
 
Notes    
These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

For more details, see the release's frequently asked questions (https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm).

2019-08-28 2026-05-19

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